Arson Case at the Chamber of Commerce Building

Chapter 36 Arson Case at the Chamber of Commerce Building

"Master Rorschach, Master Rorschach, your beloved mentor, Chief Professor Kano, is summoning you from his office!"

Master Rorschach, Master Rorschach…”

The boy's face was contorted, and everyone else in the restaurant inside the tower was staring at him.

It's so hot! He tried to finish his food quickly, but ended up burning his tongue with the soup.

After finishing his meal, Rorschach immediately fled the restaurant. He felt that he had become the center of attention a bit too often since he came to Valuwana.

"Is there any way to communicate without broadcasting?" This was Rorschach's first question to Cano.

The slightly chubby master looked completely innocent: "I finally became the chief, and of course I'm going to use the tower-wide broadcast privileges I was given."

This old bastard… Rorschach was furious.

Perhaps sensing the boy's underlying grief and indignation, Cano conceded: "I'll give you a new business card. When it gets hot, look at the back; it will show my location, meaning I need to find you."

He took out a silver-gray metal plate, much more exquisite than the previous business cards: "These business cards are very difficult to make, I don't give them to others easily."

"Thank you so much! By the way, what can I do for you?" Luo Xia found a chair and sat down. As expected of the CEO's office, even the chairs were very comfortable.

"On your very first day of class, you beat up the second son of the most illustrious family in Valois." Cano's expression was complex, and his emotions were unreadable.

"Aren't royalty the most illustrious?"

Kano finally smiled today: "Grand Duke Merovinga is a blood relative of the King."

Okay, we've started a crucial raid, but it shouldn't be a big problem.

"Please judge, Master. First, he provoked me first and initiated the duel. Second, I did not use my fists; I only used magic to render him incapacitated. Third, the injuries on his body were self-inflicted and obvious to all."

"Alright, alright, I'm not here to hold you accountable. To be honest, a mage from the Empire like you really don't need to be intimidated by this Grand Duke or that Earl."

Then Cano became serious: "Philip went to the infirmary and we found that he was in an abnormally agitated state. It's unclear whether it was caused by herbs or mental magic."

"No wonder he acted so stupidly in the second class," Rorschach frowned. "If he continues to be so reckless, I can only worry about whether he can graduate."

"Someone is provoking you two. It's unclear whether it's targeting you, an outsider, or Philip, who's always been arrogant, but you'd better be careful."

Rorschach recalled that there were people in the crowd constantly chiming in and fanning the flames. Were they targeting him, or were they using him to attack Philip?

Rorschach briefly explained what had happened to Cano.

"Thank you for reminding me."

"Well, anyway, let's not have any fighting here. Here's something good that you can't see or touch."

"What?"

"Deduction authority! Normally, substitute teachers aren't allowed to do this, but what can I do when your advisor is the chief professor?" Kano said smugly, reaching into his office cabinet to grab a box of candy and starting to eat.

According to Kano's explanation, apprentices have two types of credits. One is academic credits, earned through classes and assessments; only those who complete all credits are eligible to apply for the mage assessment.

One very important disciplinary point is that all teachers have the right to deduct points when students misbehave.

"However, a teacher can only deduct a maximum of 5 points from a student per year, and can be dismissed within ten days after deductions. Apprentices who accumulate 12 points will be dismissed and their records will be reset annually."

In other words, no teacher can directly expel an apprentice unless they receive a disciplinary action, the dean of academic affairs will decide how many points to deduct, and there is no limit to the number of points deducted for academic affairs penalties.

Cano led Rorschach to a small room on the third floor, where they unlocked five restrictions and a heavy iron door.

Upon entering, one sees rows upon rows of pocket watches fixed to shelves, so neatly arranged that they are countless. Each watch has only one hand and a nameplate underneath. Rorschach walks further in and sees a familiar face: "Pascal Elie."

"Any teacher with the authority, including you now, who says their full name will have points deducted or added, and the Tower Spirit will record it in this room. When someone's points run out, the Tower Spirit will notify the Dean of Academic Affairs."

They cautiously ventured deeper into the watch collection: "As for why there are so many safeguards and restrictions... one year, some daring guy blew up this whole house, forcing that year's disciplinary points to be reset ahead of schedule."

What's infuriating is that he was proficient in defensive and divination spells, yet the tower spirit failed to record who he was.

Kano lowered his voice: "Actually, there are only one or two apprentices with this level of skill, but we don't want to fire bold and capable people. That's what a mage should be, right?"

And then you reinforced the house, right? Rorschach found the pocket watch of "Philippe de Merovingian".

The pointer is pointing to 8 o'clock.

He'd reached the kill threshold. Luo Xia quickly banished the thought; after all, he was a teacher, how could he target his own students like this? Wouldn't that make him a privileged individual?

Composing himself, Rorschach followed the archmage out of the heavily guarded room.

The headquarters of the Love Chamber of Commerce in Valuana is very grand, with numerous gilded decorations and an old imperial-style retro building that is one floor taller than the buildings on either side.

Across from it was a hotel, and Brother Owl and Brother Falcon were in a guest room on the fourth floor. On the table in the guest room were several rough interior layout diagrams, and there were charcoal marks on them, which were the headquarters building of the Lowe Chamber of Commerce.

"Find out...the contents...and destroy...the leather goods?"

The scroll spread out on the bed still retained a faint glow. The forest ranger opened the small tube that had been transmitted and deciphered the encrypted instructions.

Night Owl rolled up the reel: "Why didn't he say so sooner! It's been days!"

"How about we apply for a job? Can you even imitate an accent from another province?"

Falcon pulled out two forged documents, which showed that they were good citizens of the Holy Kingdom.

"Too abrupt, too risky." Night Owl spun off a section of his cane, which turned out to be a monocular telescope.

He observed the entrance to the Chamber of Commerce and pondered, "Let's start from the outside and try the street cleaners."

At that moment, through his binoculars, he saw a young man without sans-culottes approaching the gate. His attire was quite different from the others entering and leaving the guild, and he was carrying a package.

The young man was stopped by the security guard, and the two talked and gestured for a while. The young man opened his package to show it to the guard, who then led him to a side door and let him in.

boom!

"Boss's bald head! What's going on?!"

Thick smoke was billowing from the target they were watching. The security guard and some people inside the building ran out, carrying the smoke, while others called for help from higher floors. From the windows of the Chamber of Commerce building, flames could be seen growing stronger.

"Seriously, our chance has come." Brother Xiao pulled out the layout plan for the basement, where the warehouse was located.

"Do you want to die? To become a Valuwanan roast pig?"

Night Owl hesitated for a moment, then pulled two scrolls from inside his clothes: "Elemental Resistance."

The forest ranger's eyes widened: "You have something this good!"

"It's so expensive! So expensive!" Brother Xiao said three times, wincing in pain. "We don't have time. Let's go in through the side door now."

The two hurried downstairs and happened to pass by the cleaning room. The door was wide open, revealing a dark brown leather cloak.

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(End of this chapter)